Friday, November 18, 2016

If you're here from
my Facebook post, I'm glad you clicked over. For the rest of you,
there was a period of time where people were posting videos of
themselves doing 22 push-ups on Facebook to raise awareness of the
fact that every day 22 veterans commit suicide. Since I would
probably need medical intervention after 10 push ups, and some people
I tag to do push-ups might never speak to me again, I've decided to
do something different. Every day, I posted one thing people could do
to help veterans or veteran organizations either through volunteer
efforts and/or financial donations. I decided to post the full list
here.

To contact the VA’s
Crisis Line: Call 1-800-273-8255 and push “1” for Veteran
services. Veterans Chat can be accessed at
www.VeteransCrisisLine.net. Veterans Text is available at
838255.
OR
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

Day 4: Visit a
retirement home. Call your local nursing home and find out.
Sometimes there are Scout troops or homeschooling groups that already
make regular visits. Maybe you could tag along with them and brighten
someone's day

Day 6: Housing. Click here to learn
more: http://buildinghomesforheroes.org/ about
ORhttps://www.hfotusa.org/ (this one was started close to home in
Taunton, MA)
Also - some vets might not qualify for the above
programs or maybe just need some help with a project on their house.
Lend a hand!

Day 15: Happy
Veterans Day! First of all, let's make sure make sure we're honoring
the right people here. Memorial Day is for those who have died in
service of this country. Veterans Day is for honoring those who have
served and are still serving. Picky detail you say? Ask a veteran, I
say. Veterans Day was originally celebrated as Armistice Day, the day
World War I 'officially' ended in 1918. The treaty was signed at 5:00
AM and a cease-fire was to take place at 11:00AM on November 11th.
Tragically, knowing that they had until 11:00 AM to continue
hostilities, "Eleven thousand casualties suffered–more than
during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Why? Allied commanders wanted
to punish the enemy to the very last moment and career officers saw a
fast-fading chance for glory and promotion."

~ "Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day,
1918, World War I and Its Violent Climax." by Joseph Persico.

lives in Rhode Island with her husband and six children. Although trained as an architect, she believes her best work has been as a mother. Her interests are many, but mostly she loves to cook, entertain friends, read, home school and make her husband feel he's the most important man in the world.